WILD Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy Game Set in Chicken Police Universe, Revealed at Guerilla Collective

Joystick Ventures :

BUDAPEST, Hungary – June 6, 2024 – Developer The Wild Gentlemen and publisher Joystick Ventures today revealed WILD Tactics, the turn-based strategy game set in the World of Wilderness popularized by Chicken Police. Watch the animated debut trailer from Guerilla Collective below.

Inspired by genre classics like XCOM, an unlikely squad of former soldiers, police, and criminals must come together to save the Wilderness, the city introduced in Chicken Police: Paint it RED!. Though they may come from different backgrounds and species, they must build up their base and recruit allies to their squad to restore order to their home.

Engage in missions that run the gamut from covert operations to all-out assaults on enemy forces. Utilize the environment to find effective hiding spots, and gain the high ground on foes, striving for every advantage. Use each hero’s skills to gain the upper hand in battle, and discover the backstory that led these anthropomorphic fighters here.

“The reception to the original Chicken Police and its distinctive characters led us to think about how we could explore this world further, ” said Bánk Varga, Co-Founder at The Wild Gentleman. “We’re aiming to combine a fresh playstyle in the world with tactics-driven gameplay, with the strong narrative hooks and character moments that compelled people.”

“Working with The Wild Gentlemen on Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! has been a wonderful experience, and when they came to us with WILD Tactics, it was a must for us to add to our portfolio,” said Andrea Alvarez, Product Manager, Joystick Ventures. “The World of Wilderness is full of surprises, and we can’t wait for the world to explore this new chapter for themselves.”

WILD Tactics is in development for Steam for PC with further platforms to be announced at a later date. For more information, visit The Wild Gentlemen’s official website, and follow them on Twitter/X. Visit Joystick Ventures’ official website and follow them on Twitter/X.

About The Wild Gentlemen

The Wild Gentlemen is the independent game studio behind Chicken Police: Paint it RED! — the award-winning buddy cop noir adventure set in the World of Wilderness — and is currently working on the sequel Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!. The team is based in Hungary and consists of nearly twenty core members, some of whom have worked on games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Call of Duty: WWII, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, the Crysis series, Haegemonia: Legions of Iron, and Ryse: Son of Rome. Alongside the games in the World of Wilderness, which now also includes turn-based strategy game WILD Tactics and cozy café management simulator Zipp’s Café, The Wild Gentlemen is working on projects like the immersive disco-punk space-horror RetroSpace. 

For more information, visit https://thewildgentlemen.com/.

About Joystick Ventures

Joystick Ventures is a California-based investing and publishing company whose main goal is to encourage indie developers to stay honest and promote experimentation to push the limits of game design across all genres, styles, and geographies. They are most known for their 2022 release, Lost in Play, which has sold more than 200,000 copies.

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Andrea Alvarez

PM for WILD Tactics

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